霸王

Chinese

		feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (霸王)		霸	王
simp. #(霸王)		霸	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa-vòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pà-ông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba³ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàwáng → bàwang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ → ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàwång
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-wang⁵
    • Yale: bà-wang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.wang
    • Palladius: баван (bavan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/ → /pä⁵¹ wɑŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³ wong⁴
    • Yale: ba wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba vongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba⁴ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ voŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-ông
    • Tâi-lô: pà-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paroong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba³ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pà uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³⁻⁵⁵ uaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: paeH hjwang

Rime
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	必駕切	雨方切
Baxter	paeH	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠaH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚaH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/paH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/paH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/paH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/paH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bà	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baa3	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡs  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ pæH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	have hegemony	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	181	12742
Phonetic component	霸	王
Rime group	暮	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	霸	王
Old Chinese	/*praːɡs/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

霸王

1. (literary, historical) overlord and king
2. hegemon; overlord
3. tyrant; despot; dictator

Derived terms

• 土霸王
• 小霸王 (xiǎobàwáng)
• 楚霸王
• 楚霸王困垓下
• 空中霸王
• 草霸王
• 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng)
• 霸王卸甲
• 霸王悲歌
• 霸王條款／霸王条款 (bàwáng tiáokuǎn)
• 霸王棋
• 霸王樹／霸王树 (bàwángshù)
• 霸王略
• 霸王花 (bàwánghuā)
• 霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
• 霸王風月／霸王风月
• 霸王餐 (bàwángcān)
• 霸王龍／霸王龙 (bàwánglóng)

 

See also

• 暴君 (bàojūn)

Proper noun

霸王

1. Short for 西楚霸王 (Xīchǔ Bàwáng, “Xiang Yu”).

Derived terms

• 霸王別姬／霸王别姬
• 霸王硬上弓 (bàwáng yìng shàng gōng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霸王):

• → Japanese: 覇王(はおう) (haō)